Mahdi Army Clash with Police in NajafClashes erupted in the holy Shi'a city of Najaf between the Mahdi Army and local security forces on Friday as the Sadrist militia responded rapidly to to what they might have thought was an assassination attempt against a high-level Sadrist religious leader.
During the clash, the Mahdi Army, wielding light arms and RPGs, took the remarkable action of detaining members of the security forces, and disarming the convoys of other leaders in the area.
Najaf al-Ashraf News reports in Arabic that Shaykh Salah al-Ubaidi, a close aide of Muqtada al-Sadr arrived in Najaf’s 1920 Revolution Square, and attempted to enter the old city in the center of Najaf.
Al-Ubaaidi is the Imam of the Shi'a Mosque of Kufa, located outside of Najaf.
Najaf’s old city contains the shrine of the first Shiite Imam Ali, cousin of Prophet of Muhammed, one of the most important locations in the Shi'a tradition.
HOT AIR: Investigative report:
Iraqi PM tied to Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Mahdi Army
The invaluable MEMRI has translated a report in the Egyptian press that contends that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has direct operational ties to the Mahdi Army and, through them, to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. If it’s true, he would be tied to the forces who are directly responsible for killing approximately 170 US troops via EFP IEDs.
From the Zionist Hobby Center Archives:
A Study of Biblical and Islamic Eschatology
Al-Mahdi Army
Imam Mahdi and the signs that will precede him
Whores of the Mahdi Army
From the Zionist Hobby Center Archives:
A Study of Biblical and Islamic Eschatology
Al-Mahdi Army
Imam Mahdi and the signs that will precede him
Whores of the Mahdi Army
